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Saturday, May 3, 2014

In Praise of Indie Bookstores

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by
Victoria M. Johnson

When
the Borders bookstore closed in my town I was devastated.The sadness was felt throughout the
town, and to make matters worse, our only library had temporarily closed to
make the move to a new building.For
several months, residents had to travel to neighboring cities to walk amongst
bookshelves.I vowed to never take
bookstores for granted again.

Saturday,
May 3, 2014 is the first-ever California Bookstore Day.Indie
bookstores across the state will be celebrating in various ways: readings,
signings, trivia games, literary costume contests, prizes, and lots of
fun.Indies from Northern
California all the way to San Diego in the southern part of the state are in on
the festivities.

But
you don't have to live in California to honor your local indie bookstore.I hope you are lucky enough to have one
in the city where you live.If so,
don't take it for granted!Today is the ideal day to step away from your computer and head over
to support your bookstore.Wander
between the aisles, browse the shelves, talk to the staff, and buy a book.

I'll be hitting three stores today.I'm one of the authors visiting the
Village House of Books in Los Gatos. We were all grateful when this indie bookstore opened in
town.It will be great to mingle
with other authors, meet readers, and chat with the owners.If that weren't reward enough, being in
the company of rows and rows of new books to discover is so good for the soul. Wouldn't you agree? What's the name and city of your favorite bookstore?

Victoria M. Johnson knew by the time she was
ten that she wanted to be a writer. She loves tellingstories and she's happiest
when creating new characters and new plots. She is also the writer and
director of four short films and two micro documentaries. Avalon Books and Montlake Romance
published Victoria's fiction debut, The
Doctor’s Dilemma, (A 2012 Bookseller’s Best double finalist). Her other fiction book is a
collection of romance short stories titled, The
Substitute Bride.Visit Victoria's website at http://VictoriaMJohnson.com for
inspiration and tips and find her Amazon author page at http://amzn.com/e/B0046CG6PQ or connect
with her on Pinterest at: http://www.pinterest.com/ByVictoriaJ
and Twitter at: http://twitter.com/ByVictoriaJ

6 comments:

Victoria,I totally agree that Indi bookstores are great additions to any town. Our small town has had several in the last few years to come in then move on. Sad. I'd love to see another one take their place. Thanks for the reminder to support them.